We’ve always considered ourselves fans of Anderson’s work (even his commercials) and have greatly enjoyed repeat viewings of this movie in spite of its shockingly dark turn. Where it falls in the cinema canon of “great works” we’ll leave up to Patinkin and Kazurinsky to decide.

Oh, wow. I had to make a trip to Chicago in March and I walked past that theater every morning on our way to breakfast. Groovy little ‘hood!

Margot, I wish I had been there, ‘cuz I flipped a major critic on that particular movie, which is THE one I really put up my dukes about. That critic called me about a year after our conversation after watching it again in a hotel while traveling, and conceded, “Perhaps I judged it too harshly.”

\o/ Woo! Who wins? Mikey wins.

I haven’t been successful with TLA or TDL, though … that person is pretty much pissed at Wes at this point.